Sunday, May 6, 2018

"Mr. Radio"

I listened to No Answer to-day (because I'm close to knowing at least a little bit of each song and wanted to suss out some easy parts to figure out), and I realized something about "Mr. Radio."  One of the lines is "The weatherman has lied," and I think this might take something from Buddy Holly's "Raining in My Heart," specifically the second verse:
The weatherman says clear today
He doesn't know you've gone away
And it's raining
Raining in my heart
This verse of "Raining in My Heart" also mentions a weatherman, and the situation as a whole is the same as what's in "Mr. Radio."  As the second section of "Mr. Radio" explains: "My wife, she ran away / She left her home."  In both songs, a man's lover has left him, which has affected his mood so much that he's a bit indignant at the weatherman's forecast of clear weather.